for stocks you will yeallyear.appleisthe biggest name on the list. if youownappleshares,you have probably seen and felt this stomach churning chart. share price has tumbled over the past year down 31% over that period now trading below $400 a share. why? slumping demand for products. apple was once the most valuable company in the world by market value, so the stock some analysts say relatively cheap right now. we will know better tomorrow what the future of apple will be. it has an awful lot to prove. investors have been stung. apple clearly a big business story of the day and the week. john. >> no question a lot of people watching that very closely. thanks. meanwhile, ahead on "starting point," the surviving suspect hidden in this plain sight after the marathon bombings going about college life as if nothing ever happened. we will hear from students who spoke to him on campus. you're watching a special edition of "starting point" live from boston. people join angie's list for all kinds of reasons. i go to angie's list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timel

mentioned tech, let's startwithapple. wehavebeenkillingapple, itis getting killed. do you sell now into earnings? >> it will probably get killed again, we're looking for a miss on eps, earning -- i am sorry esp, below $ 10 on apple but the stock has been battered so bad, people might buy in sympathy, i don't know if i would be panic selling it ahead of the open, if you are looking to buy it, i would not jump in yet, trade lightly. tracy: caterpillar, is a good litmus test for the local economy. you are expecting a 40% drop for mining come purchases, from china in particular. >> what we'll see from caterpillar in line to slight beat for this quarter, but the forward projects that will hurt caterpillar could look for weakness and stock to move lower after earnings. tracy: i love that hasbro has -- we buy kids for our toys. >> mattel had an awesome quarter, and hasbro has partnered up with a jewelry company to do a lot of hasbro-themed jewelry, i don't know if i am buying barbie-themed jewelry, it is interesting, i would be a buyer, lightly. tracy: i got 30 seconds left, rest of earni

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based in the united states. exxonmobil topped the list followedbyapple, google,berkshire and walmart. last year, three chinese companies were in the top five and for the first time in three years, no company in the world is worth $400 billion. >>> gas prices continue to slip across the country and here in the bay area. analysts say they could be lower by the memorial holiday weekend. san francisco averages $4.06. around the rest of the bay area, it's down about 6 cents a gallon. experts say we could be saying 20 cents less by the end of next month. >>> paper or plastic? that's something you won't be hearing much longer in many cities and counties in california. pam cook is in the newsroom with more. >> it's earth day today. to coincide, many cities are joining the effort to reduce, refuse and recycle. redwood city and menlo park, are not allowed to hand out plastic bags and required to charge you 10 cents for a i aer -- paper bag. we asked some people. most are in favor. >> i think it's fabulous. >> tell me why. >> i think any time we can help the earth and recycle bags and go to the

been canceled. even thebigapplecircus,gives you the sense of the state boston is in. there is a preponderance of caution as you can imagine. wasn't to che i want to check in with don lemon -- i should say postponed, not canceled -- who is in watertown right now. tell us what you've been witnessing over the last couple of minutes. >> anderson, i've never seen anything like this domestically. i've been witnessing thousands upon thousands of police officers, hundreds upon hundreds of police officers here going door to door, searching every single home. and i've been seeing as you'll see now, fire trucks, rescue units, tactical vans, armored vehicles, massive police presence, go in and out of this area. i've seen the perimeter move from neighborhood to neighborhood. and it has gotten closer to us every single moment here. and there you go, you see the watertown fire department rushing off to some place. and behind them, an unmarked police vehicle. and that's been the scene here really throughout this morning and throughout the entire evening here. we got to witness sever

. the boston bruins and thebigapplecircusalso have postponed tonight's events. good reasoning for that. let's get the latest now, brian todd joining us. you've taken a close look moment by moment as we await the start of the news conference with the latest from law enforcement authorities. give us a picture of what has happened here for our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> it's an incredible picture, wolf. for the past 16 plus hours this has been one of the most intense man hunts in american history but it was at the point a little more than 24 hours ago when law enforcement gave us the first clear visual images of these suspects that really seem to set it all in motion. the release of the images on thursday afternoon let the suspects know the feds were on to them. even if the authorities didn't know their names yet or where to find them. >> we consider them to be armed and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: around 10:00 p.m. that night it all began to unravel. the suspects allegedly robbed a convenience store outside of boston in cambridge near the famed massachusetts i